Proposing points deductions for Christmas themed songs being sung in Jan

Matthew Schaefer omfg what a performance #lgi

Gah, historians, such buzzkills. It'll Be Different This Time!™️

Two incidents of bizarre human behavior I witnessed in the last 24 hours: 1. Person with their cat walking (no leash or carrier) in the pharmacy 2. Full West Ham kit (adult) wanker at the grocery store

I’ve seen better attended conference panels on political economy

No one from the fentanyl policing industry, that’s weird

Double-checking quotes for my copy edits for my forthcoming book. This speech about why England should make war on Spain (given in Charles I’s Privy Council April 1625) to gain colonies in the Caribbean is feeling relevant today.

War is peace

Also who is “WE”?

This is the most extreme, irresponsible, and un-Constitutional sentence Trump has yet uttered in office. "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition." WE'RE GOING TO RUN THE COUNTRY.

Heard this one before

If you are interested in the modern history of Venezuela check out this book, The Magical State by Fernando Coronil. One of the best histories of government I’ve read. Was hugely influential on me when I was we working on my dissertation press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Any bets on how long the US will be “running” a huge and populous country? How much it will cost?

Day 3 of what feels like an already interminably miserable year

The Wolves supporters singing “we’re gonna win a game, now you’re gonna believe us”

Remains the most absurd moment of the most absurdist chapter of American political history

Is Turley going to file another lawsuit in the name of congressional authorization of war powers?

Invading Venezuela is a close second: 19% approve, 60% disapprove.

Baba’s Village. It has been awhile but damn that place was incredible

The main fella is the Cincinnati Bengals uniform

Kicking off 2026 in style — I just got my author copies of my book! After years of hard work, it surreal and exhilarating to hold my book! Thank you so much to @rblaifeder.bsky.social and @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org for making this a reality! Pre-order available: www.cambridge.org/us/universit...

Dozed off briefly and was dreaming I was eating lunch in Paris. Woke up and was still in DC. So that sucked

This is the story of how I own 3 copies of @rparkinson.bsky.social’s latest

Probably not a great sign that the President’s handlers keep making him take cognitive exams.

Not to be an academic/elitist can we talk for a moment about how bad the writing is in this manufactured quote!?

Who are the New York Times editors on here who will commission me to write an op-ed like 'John Roberts Just Can't Help Himself: In year-end report, the Supreme Court's Chief Justice continues to distort the past in order to damage democracy in the present.' It's 2026 I'm shooting my shot

I talk about this speech--and its real point--in The Originalism Trap; am I being trolled by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? bookshop.org/p/books/the-originalism-trap-how-extremists-stole-the-constitution-and-how-we-the-people-can-take-it-back-madiba-k-dennie/e138f3ec1f8a65b1

Cover reveal. It's about how & why colonies/states controlled international & domestic migration until 1888, why in the late 19th c the feds took over, & what it was like for politically disfavored groups to live under that arrangement of power. You can't understand voluntary migration history 1/

Tempered South Indian spices, quick sauté with the collards. This is one of my favorites and I regret that we usually only eat it on NYD

The collards just before the pan

Pork stock is done, black eyed peas ready to cook, rice soaking, collards about to be chiffonaded, and ice cold falanghina poured

But we didn’t lose! And that was a game we would have lost a month or so ago

Not a great day at the office for the Reds, structure fell apart after the subs

Ste Warnock’s still on the ale apparently

New year, old me. Still a coffee snob

Arsonist says that wasn’t a fire, your toaster oven sucks

Anyway, this year was buns but at least Liverpool won the league. We go again.

hereafter known as TV?

"At the start of Trump's second term, 45%" liked JD but then they got to know him. Story of his life

Did the USG pay its own tariffs on Kash’s new BMWs? I asked the BMW chatbot, which understandably was like that’s a stupid scenario man

For the Kindle crowd, $0.50 for the story of how NYC was America’s last slave trading port: www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B08M...

File this under “no, not at all suspicious, nope nosiree”

Lol nice one Wolves

Spending all my free time these days watching Barzal’s slash of that goon Mason Marchment.

theanalyst.com/articles/liv... really, really good post from Opta Analyst looking at #LFC vs set pieces. Essential reading

Those responsible for the sacking have not been sacked

Jordan Poole did the most Jordan Poole thing ever. Had a chance to get a decent look from 3 coming off the screen but instead opted to try and foul bait. That'll probably do it for New York.

An unlikely bing bong! Knicks win thanks to Jordan Poole being…Jordan Poole